diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index f339c0f..b142b94 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@
 	};
 };
 
+int ghes_disable;
+module_param_named(disable, ghes_disable, bool, 0);
+
 static int ghes_panic_timeout	__read_mostly = 30;
 
 /*
@@ -665,6 +668,11 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (ghes_disable) {
+		pr_info(GHES_PFX "GHES is not enabled!\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	rc = ghes_ioremap_init();
 	if (rc)
 		goto err;